Dielectric Nanophotonics and Their Applications

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, the photonics and plasmonics communities have aimed to expand their nano-optics toolbox in order to improve light confinement capabilities of nanomaterials and enhance light–matter interactions at the nanoscale. In particular, nanostructured high-refractive index dielectrics have demonstrated the ability to highly confine electric and magnetic fields to subwavelength volumes and tailor light dispersion, while displaying ultralow absorption—compared to metals—when excited below their bandgap energies. As such, new and interesting applications are expected to emerge by exploiting this type of technology. 

This Special Issue of Nanomaterials aims to highlight articles reporting on novel properties and phenomena of dielectric nanophotonics. It focuses on the fabrication, optical characteristics, and prospective nanophotonic applications of nanostructured dielectrics in the forms of reviews, communications, and academic articles. The topics cover a wide range of research fields, either from the experimental or theoretical points of view, including nanofabrication, enhanced light-matter interaction, nonlinear phenomena, metasurfaces and waveguides, among others.

Prof. Emiliano Cortés
Dr. Gustavo Grinblat
Guest Editors

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